This weblog documents my (mis)adventures in attempting to build my own R2D2.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Skirt Cut Outs

I was able to spend a fair amount of time today cutting out various elements of Mike Senna's skirt design. First, I sliced the straight parts of the base circle that I cut out yesterday. Next I cut out the sides for the box that go around the center leg opening, including angle cuts on the corners. Then I cut a series of supports, some vertical, some horizontal. I also cut the MDF for the skirt ribbing. Finally, I cut the side supports that serve as the sides of the skirt and will be visible from the outside. Nothing has been glued up yet.

I still need to cut the MDF strip into 12 pieces for the ribs, and make angle cuts on them.